stop looking in /Applications or stop spamming syslog

[jamcinnes2]

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Describe the bug

I keep getting journal system log messages like this every 30 seconds:

appimagelauncher-lite.AppImage[1234]: Directory /Applications does not exist, skipping

Harmless but annoying clutter when looking at my logs.

Expected behavior

I don't have or want to have a root folder named /Applications . Dont spam the log.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Install appimagelauncher-lite latest build as of yesterday. Look at the system log systemd-journal. You will see messages every 30 seconds.

Screenshots

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Distribution and desktop environment

openSUSE tumbleweed latest snapshot. KDE Plasma 5.27.7

Installed AppImageLauncher version

Latest release as of yesterday. appimagelauncher-lite-2.2.0-gha111-d9d4c73-x86_64.AppImage

List of AppImages you tried

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Additional context

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[TheAssassin]

I'll make the message a debug one to reduce the amount of logging to a minimum.

I found a few issues with how the directories are stored in the code, too, which I'll fix ASAP, too.

[TheAssassin]

In fact, this is already the case: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/commit/5515c5274235f21b6ef81f25e64e12d5dddd0320

Debug logging should not be enabled in release builds...

[popey]

I'm also seeing this. Where is it possible to get an updated build? The daily build in launchpad doesn't seem up to date for 23.04?

[TheAssassin]

I don't actively maintain those builds. Please try the latest continuous build. (You may have to uninstall the package and PPA first.)

[popey]

That link takes me to a build from over a year ago, September 8th 2022. How is that a continuous build? It is actually the same build I already had installed, and still see the Sep 18 09:47:09 ziggy appimagelauncherd[5759]: Directory /Applications does not exist, skipping log message spam.

Is there some more recent build which disables this logging?

[lingfish]

Agree... perhaps your continuous build process is broken?